Anyway, in conjunction with the exhibit they had organized a “concurso de microrelatos”, a contest for “microrelatos de ciencia ficción” (sci-fi flash fiction) inspired by the artworks on display. There were some examples printed on laminated cards next to each piece in the exhibit. I was like, “Oh, yeah, I can do this.” On the way home I inevitably got to thinking about one of the pieces I’d seen, a pair of images from Galician artist Nicolás Combarro’s series entitled Arquitectura oculta, for example:

So I ran home, banged out a little “microrelato” (less than 1000 characters, they said), and went online to see how I could enter their little contest.

Turns out the contest ended on the 2nd of December. Like, a week ago. Whoops.

But I was kind of happy with how the piece came out, seeing as how it was scribbled out in about a half-hour in a notebook, so here it is for those of you who read a little Spanish. (If not, you might try sticking it in Google Translate, might be good for a laugh.) Without further ado…